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The WNBA All-Rookie Team is an annual Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) honor given since the 2005 WNBA season to the top rookies during the regular season. Voting is conducted by the WNBA head coaches, who are not allowed to vote for players on their own team. Each coach selects five players. A player is given a point for every vote they receive. The All-Rookie Team is generally composed of a five-woman lineup. In the case of a tie at the fifth position, the roster is expanded. No respect is given to positions. For example, the all-rookie team can have four forwards, and one guard.

Candace Parker of the Los Angeles Sparks was named to the All-Rookie Team and won the WNBA Most Valuable Player Award in the same season. This feat had never before been accomplished. In the NBA, only Wes Unseld has held this distinction.

All players previously named to the All-Rookie Team are currently active in the WNBA with the exception of Marta Fernandez.

[edit] Winners

Season	Player	Team
2005	Chelsea Newton	Sacramento Monarchs
	Kara Braxton	Detroit Shock
	Katie Feenstra	San Antonio Silver Stars
	Tan White	Indiana Fever
	Temeka Johnson	Washington Mystics
2006	Seimone Augustus	Minnesota Lynx
	Cappie Pondexter	Phoenix Mercury
	Candice Dupree	Chicago Sky
	Sophia Young	San Antonio Silver Stars
	Monique Currie	Charlotte Sting
2007	Armintie Price	Chicago Sky
	Sidney Spencer	Los Angeles Sparks
	Lindsey Harding	Minnesota Lynx
	Camille Little	San Antonio Silver Stars
	Marta Fernandez	Los Angeles Sparks
2008	Candace Parker	Los Angeles Sparks
	Candice Wiggins	Minnesota Lynx
	Sylvia Fowles	Chicago Sky
	Nicky Anosike	Minnesota Lynx
	Matee Ajavon (tie)	Houston Comets
	Amber Holt (tie)	Connecticut Sun
2009	Angel McCoughtry	Atlanta Dream
	DeWanna Bonner	Phoenix Mercury
	Shavonte Zellous	Detroit Shock
	Renee Montgomery	Minnesota Lynx
	Marissa Coleman	Washington Mystics
Player in bold text indicates winner of the Rookie of the Year award.
Player in italic text indicates first overall draft choice.

[edit] References

"All-Rookie Teams". WNBA.com. WNBA. http://www.wnba.com/history/all_rookie.html. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
"2008 All-Rookie Team". WNBA.com. WNBA. http://www.wnba.com/news/awards08_allrookie.html. Retrieved 2009-01-18.